Core Genome Multi Locus Sequence Typing and Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Analysis in the Epidemiology of Brucella melitensis Infections
A. Janowicz, F. De Massis, M. Ancora, C. Camma, C. Patavino, A. Battisti, D. Harmsen, K. Prior, H. C. Scholz, K. Zilli, L. Sacchini, E. Di Giannatale, G. Garofolo
This study develops and compares a cgMLST method with SNP and MLVA for Brucella melitensis outbreak analysis, finding cgMLST and SNP offer higher resolution than MLVA for identifying related strains.
bioRxiv · Apr 7, 2018Microbiology